This week's note from the instructor addresses the broad range of directives included in a recent Executive Order aimed at improving Medicare Advantage and reducing burden on providers.
Q: If you discover that you have accidentally accessed a patient’s information on your facility’s computer system, what’s the best course of action? Who should you notify first? Are you at risk of being in trouble if you looked at the information before realizing the error?
Almost a year after CMS required hospitals to post their chargemaster online, some hospitals are going beyond the basic requirements while others lag behind, according to a recent analysis.
